Malone sat in court, staring forward, for the three days of his court trial. At no time during the three day trial did he speak on his own behalf; he let his attorney speak for him. They had a very different version of what happened that night.

"She did leave his laptop in my car. I let her have it back," Malone's defense attorney said, regarding Malone's version. "She was there five minutes and she was gone."